Leaders of Change Consultancy Sudan held a workshop with key MFIs, regulators, banks, mobile operators, and consumer protection experts. (Sudan)
MicroSave held a vibrant LinkedIn conversation on the gap between how we often approach financial inclusion efforts and how customers manage their financial lives, with a focus on the importance of appropriate services and understanding people’s mental models and behavioral biases. (multi-country)
My DigitalBridge Foundation hosted a discussion on possibilities to bridge the financial services divide for those under- and un-served. The discussion explored challenges to financial inclusion as well as low cost tech innovations that can facilitate services to the unserved. (Namibia)
Nepal Bankers' Association gathered CEOs of microfinance institutions and other key stakeholders, primarily bankers, in a seminar to discuss how they can work together to make more inclusive financial institutions. (Nepal)
New Faces New Voices hosted a networking meeting aimed at bringing women into the agribusiness value chain. (multi-country: Africa)
NRDS Bangladesh held a seminar focused on the experiences of lending to marginalized farmers, artisans, and extremely poor families for small enterprise development. (Bangladesh)
Orb Media held a Twitter chat based on the outcomes of their research on financial inclusion and financial shock in Cambodia, Myanmar, Brazil, and the US. (multi-country)
Orb Media hosted a twitter conversation to explorebased on the outcomes of their research on financial inclusion and financial shock in Cambodia, Myanmar, Brazil, and the US. The twitter chat featured representatives from Grameen Foundation, Bankable Frontiers Associates, and Accion.
Samwad - Digital Financial Literacy Platform hosted a group discussion and prototyping exercise with behaviour analysts / financial literacy content developers and financial inclusion experts in Bengaluru, to discuss how to translate financial awareness into changing behaviour and practice. (India)
Financial Inclusion Week 2016 Partners
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Microfinance Opportunities along with the CFI Fellows Program hosted a webinar to highlight new research emerging from the two programs. (video at right) During the webinar, Guy Stuart, CFI Fellow and Executive Director of Microfinance Opportunities, shared his research on whether and how G2P payments increase formal financial inclusion. (multi-country)